French Settlement is a very small village located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 1,141 people and just one neighborhood, French Settlement is the 227th largest community in Louisiana. French Settlement has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in French Settlement, where the median household income is $71,250.00.
Unlike some villages where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, French Settlement is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, French Settlement is a village of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in French Settlement who work in sales jobs (16.63%), management occupations (13.03%), and office and administrative support (10.56%).
Also of interest is that French Settlement has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
It is a fairly quiet village because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) French Settlement has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. French Settlement has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in French Settlement than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, French Settlement may be for you.
One downside of living in French Settlement, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 39.20 minutes every day commuting to work.
As is often the case in a small village, French Settlement doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, French Settlement is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.74% of adults 25 and older in French Settlement have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in French Settlement in 2022 was $33,435, which is upper middle income relative to Louisiana, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $133,740 for a family of four. However, French Settlement contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call French Settlement home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of French Settlement residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in French Settlement include French, Italian, German, Irish, and English.
The most common language spoken in French Settlement is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Astoundingly, the neighborhood has one of the highest concentrations of divorcees living here than of any neighborhood, a higher concentration than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. This may be because people living here divorce more often than others, or that divorced people move here after they become divorced. If you are divorced, you will be in good company in this particular French Settlement neighborhood.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 98.6% of all neighborhoods in America, with 45.1% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.
More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 95.5% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more French ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 20.1% of this neighborhood's residents have French ancestry.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in French Settlement are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 73.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 20.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 70.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 42.0% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 27.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.3%), and 13.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.5% of households.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in French Settlement, LA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as French (20.1%). There are also a number of people of Italian ancestry (10.9%), and residents who report German roots (9.9%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (7.4%), along with some English ancestry residents (4.1%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (33.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (84.5%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (10.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.